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Shukri Sarhan

Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo. His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie Ibn El-Nile "Son of the Nile". Sarhan had earned the title "The young man of the screen". He received several awards throughout his career. President Gamal Abdel Nasser honored Sarhan with the Order of the Republic. In 1984, he received a Best Actor's award for his lead role, with Faten Hamama, in the movie Lelt El abd Ala Fatema "The Night of Fatima's Arrest". which was directed by Henry Barakat. During the celebrations of the centennial of cinema, he was nominated by Egyptian critics as the best actor of the century in Egypt, having participated more than any other actor in The Greatest 100 Egyptian films. Sarhan's last movie was El-Gablawi in 1991. He died in 1997.


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Born:
Mar 13, 1925 In Alexandria, Egypt
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie Rayya and Sekina 1952-02-23
Latest Project:
Movie Return Of The Prodigal Son 1976-09-24
Known For
Filmography
Movie Return Of The Prodigal Son Tolba 1976-09-24
Movie Visitor at Dawn 1975-03-03
Movie Strangers 1973-04-09
Movie The Postman Abbas 1968-04-15
Movie Om Hashim's Lamp 1968-11-04
Movie The Second Wife Abu el Ela 1967-10-14
Movie Son of Cleopatra Akro 1964-12-31
Movie The Thief and the Dogs Said Mahran 1962-11-12
Movie A Man in My Life 1961-06-21
Movie The Sun Will Never Set Ahmed 1961-12-25
Movie In Your Hands 1960-01-27
Movie Lovers' Call 1960-10-20
Movie I Am Free 1959-01-02
Movie El Murra El Maghoula Abbas 1959-12-07
Movie The Barred Road Ahmed 1958-04-22
Movie A woman on the Road 1958-12-22
Movie Port Said 1957-07-08
Movie The Leech Imam Beltagy 1956-01-09
Movie The Fools Alley 1955-01-02
Movie Rayya and Sekina 1952-02-23
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